Christchurch Damage - Lack of Distributed Cracks (IMAGE)

University of Texas at Austin, Texas Advanced Computing Center

Christchurch Damage - Lack of Distributed Cracks

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The 2010-2011 Canterbury Earthquake Sequence devastated the city of Christchurch, New Zealand, killing 185 and causing widespread damage. University of Auckland engineers conducted extensive testing on concrete walls to understand puzzlingly severe damage to steel reinforcement. The research formed the basis for revisions to structural codes in New Zealand and the US, and its dataset won a NHERI DesignSafe Dataset Award 2021. Photo of Gallery Apartments Building in Christchurch, New Zealand after the February 2011 earthquake.

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